Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed has said military will be deployed in country from at least five days ahead of the election.<br /><br />“Army and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will be deployed five to 10 days before election,” he told assistant returning officers in Dhaka today.<br /><br />He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of a day-long briefing programme of the assistant returning officers ahead of the election on December 30.<br /><br />The specification on army deployment comes in purview of the commission resorting to army as aiding force on the back of demands from opposition parties.<br /><br />WHY THE FUSS ABOUT ARMY?<br />Bangladesh’s major opposition parties including BNP and its alliance Jatiya Oikyafront have long been demanding army deployment for free and fair elections.<br /><br />They fear of vote rigging by the ruling party, citing reasons that the election is going to take place under the partisan administration of Sheikh Hasina.<br /><br />While declaring the first election schedule, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda said that army will be deployed for aiding the civil administration.<br /><br />WHEN IS THE ELECTION?<br />Election Commission has revised polls schedule, deferring the 11th general election by a week to December 30 – a decision taken earlier this week.<br /><br />The authorities have fixed November 28 as the deadline for filing nomination papers, December 2 for scrutiny and December 9 last date of withdrawal.<br /><br />The move came following demands from several opposition political parties.<br /><br />Facebook Page▶https://facebook.com/sedwex<br />Facebook Group▶https://facebook.com/groups/sedwex<br />Twitter▶https://twitter.com/sedwex<br />Instagram▶https://instagram.com/sedwex<br />Google Plus▶https://plus.google.com/sedwex<br />Linkedin▶https://www.linkedin.com/company/sedwex<br />Pinterest▶https://www.pinterest.com/sedwex<br />Subscribe▶https://youtube.com/sedwex<br />Youtube▶https://youtube.com/sedwextech<br />Official Website▶https://sedwex.com<br /><br />Thanks For Watching the Video<br />Please Subscribe and Press the Bell Icon for new Update<br />Like, Comment, Share and Enjoy.<br /><br />#নির্বাচন 2018 #রাজনীতি #সেনাবাহিনী মতায়ন
